In the coming months Sony and Microsoft will announce how many XBox 360s and PS3s have been sold to retailers worldwide until the end of March 2010.
I was wondering which console has fewer units in stock at retail at the moment, so this poll may help provide some insight with regard to future 'sold to retail' comparisons.
Various times in the past it was claimed the bigger boxed fat PS3 had about 1 million more units on the shelves than 360s, which sounded weird to me (a lot of extra needed shelf /storage space in comparison to the 360).
In my area, Groningen, the Netherlands shops are currently flooded by especially cheap XBox 360 arcade units while there are PS3 shortages.
Update: As of today the situation remains the same. (6 April 2010)
PS3 out of stock at my city's largest console retailer:
Flooded by XBox 360 arcade units:
I guess the PS3 sales will see good gains for the fiscal report ending June 2010 if by then the PS3 is the widely in stock again (US, UK and European countries). The XBox 360 seems to be overshipped, so sales may take an extra drop when stock drops to normal levels.
